Goodie Gumdrops

... I love that name :) And it's the name of Dawn Inskip's newest kit, which just hit the Pickleberry Pop store this morning...

I used it to scrap Lovisa's bubble blowing adventures this past weekend :) Blowing bubbles is a summery activity and it evokes such happiness and joy in children (and grown-ups LOL). I love watching my girls blowing bubbles and run around the yard chasing them!Isn't she sweet? And I love all the colors in the kit - they just make it easy to let the joy come across in the layout.

Innocence from Dawn

Dawn Inskip just brought out another stunner of a kit. It's called Innocence...My little one is crazy for ice cream. Well crazy for everything sweet really LOL

And she's not one whose expressions are difficult to read :) So, that's my blond big blue-eyed little daughter in the summer of 2008. She sometimes looks like a little cherub, but looks can be deceiving!!!
Do you see that googly eyed fluffy bird-ball? It's in the kit and I LOVE it - had to use it LOL

Everything is linked - thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend will be wonderful. Ours is starting out bright and rather warm, although the weather man reported volcanic ash high up in the sky preventing air travel to and from the airports in our south-west corner of Iceland. Mom is flying off to Minneapolis on Tuesday, and as it is today, she might have to take the bus for 5-6 hours to the north where our second (very small) international airport is located. Then she has to take a 2 hour flight to Glasgow and only then can she get on a plane to the States. That's a long detour LOL but that's what nature can do to you!! It's unpredictable and can't be controlled so I guess all we can do is sit back and try and accept the nuisances it sometimes imposes on us :)

And some more :)

I'm a guest for Rubia Padilha of Studio Basic for the months of May and June. She makes the most fantastic templates and I'm a big fan of hers. Here's my first layout for her CTThis is Lovisa Lin dressed up in her little sister's Pocahontas costume - on her way to a costume birthday party last Friday. The weather was amazing and before she left for the party, she was having tons of fun out on the balcony. I got so many happy photos of her :)

So, I have many photos to scrap LOL Here, I used Biograffiti's new mini kit, Enjoy Life - so very aptly named for this photo :)

Everything is linked for full credit :)

Thank you so much for stopping by - and have a wonderful day!!

More new layouts

I'm rather scrap-productive these days :)Here's another one with Kristin's new templates. We try to not eat or snack in the car while we travel, instead we stop and go outside while we eat. When it's raining, we let make the trunk into a shelter and the girls sit inside it - and the love it LOL When the weather is nice we get out our picnic blanket and sit on the grass. It's always fun :)

Here's another one with Dawn's new kit, That's Life, and her Template No4. I used it to scrap my little nephew on his third birthday. He loved his chocolate cake, kept it close by at all times, gave it a good squeeze once in awhile (LOL) and thoroughly enjoyed eating it!! He announced to everyone that this was HIS cake :þ

Matthildur Inga on her first trip to the playground. She had been there before, but always asleep :) This time she was wide awake and got to try out the sandbox, which she sorta kinda liked. For a little while - then she started to cry and didn't see the point of sitting there, so well dressed that she couldn't move LOL

I used Biograffiti's new Creative Juice No10

I love her templates - I've probably said it before LOL

Everything is linked for full credit!

That's Life

Dawn Inskip released a fantastic new kit last Friday. It's called That's Life and it's available exclusively in her Pickleberry Pop store...

I used it to scrap my older daughter's fabulous soccer movements...

Lovisa has never been a fan of soccer, but a week ago she was playing with her sister and my nephew and she was actually pretty good. Hidden qualities :)

Mother Love from Kim De Smet

My girls with their grandmother at the end of April...
They love her to pieces - and it's totally mutual :)

Kristin's new templates

I love Kristin's ScrapDesign's multi-photo templates, she released a couple of new packs this weekend and this is what I did with one of them...These are my girls playing in the garden in the summer of 2008. The layout is linked for full credit :)

New from Penny

Penny Springmann released a new kit this weekend called Mrs. Brightside...I used it to scrap my almost 4 year old bundle of joy taking a bath the other day. It's just endless source of laughter and joy :)

Dawn Inskip's iNSD sale!

Dawn is exclusively at Pickleberry Pop, starting May 1 - and she has marked everything 30% off from April 30 until May 3!!And she will have a fabulous new kit in her store too!!

Kim De Smet's iNSD sale!

Kim has two new kits in her store at OScraps and 30% off everything from April 29 until May 2!!!

Miss Vivi's iNSD Sale!!

International Scrapbooking Day is May 1 and Miss Vivi is starting her sale early!! So, tomorrow you'll be able to get all her gorgeous goodies for 40% off!!I know all my other designer's have something planned as well so make sure you check back in :)

Happy Camper

New kit from Biograffiti called Happy CamperWe love camping - so I love this kit :)This is Lovisa Lin on her first camping trip in July 2004. She was 19 months old - and LOVES camping :) She loves the freedom, the fresh air - and that she has her parents' undivided attention all day and all night. What's not to love!!

Above and Beyond

Dawn Inskip's new templates are just fantastic - almost like QPs with an option to add and subtract, and with text paths and shadows included. I just scrapped with her second template

and this is what I did with it - using lots of Dawn's stuff to fill it up :)

This is Lovisa Lin having fun outside the vacation cottage we had at the beginning of July 2009 :)

With Grandma

And lastly, one of Lovisa Lin and grandma

I took this photo Thursday morning just before we went to the National Museum. Lovisa loves visiting grandma - and when we stay in Reykjavik, like this past weekend, we always stay with her (my mom). The girls usually fight for a place in her arms - lucky she has two and a huge heart :)

I used one of the templates from Biograffiti's White Space ABC template album and Anna Aspnes' Art Play Palette No4. The layout is linked for full credit.

Happy Days

Thursday was our first day of summer, according to the old Icelandic calendar system, although April hardly ever feels like summer here in the northern Atlantic region - it feels more like late winter LOL But who are we to deny tradition - and an extra Thursday off :) So we took advantage of the off day and the wonderful kids' program at the National Museum and took the girls there. We did it last year too, and it's a wonderful place to spend time with your kids.

This is Matthildur playing with clay, trying to make sheep to fill up her Settlement farm.

I used Kim De Smet's gorgeous new kit, Happy Days - available at OScraps. The layout is linked for full credit.

Little Clown

Dawn Inskip brought out a few fabulous templates last week. This is one of them...

And this is what I did with it - also using a big chunk of every fantastic thing in Dawn's shop :)This is Matthildur Inga again. She was 10 months old and trying to fit a red clown's nose on her little baby nose :) She had lots of fun with it - although it never fit and always came off LOL

The layout is linked for full credit :)

Big Girl

I'm getting totally addicted to Biograffiti's templates.While traveling last summer we went to this secluded beach where Lovisa started practicing her handstands. Matthildur was determined to be just as good, and in her mind, she really was just as good, when she put her little butt in the air and lifted one of her legs towards the sky :) She is amazingly cute - but not quite as good as her big sister LOL

This is using Biograffiti's Creative Juice No7

I also used Amber Clegg's Rush - but the layout is linked for full credit :)

Candy Box

Here's what I made with Miss Vivi & July Designs' new collab, Candy Box...

We went to this café last summer, where they would serve the kind of cakes and waffles that "grandma" made :) Matthildur Inga, three at the time, wanted a piece of fig cake with heavy frosting and whipped cream. It was a big piece and we were sure she would never finish it. However, she LOVED it and finished almost every bit of it LOL

Soon to come from Miss Vivi

Miss Vivi will be releasing a gorgeous new collab with July Designs on Friday...here's the sneak peak :)

It's really fantastic!!

Kim De Smet has a CT call...

Kim is having a CT call - check out her blog for details...!!!

And she has a new kit coming out soon!! Here's a sneak peak :)It's really fantastic, so be sure to keep your eyes out!